A business process is a recipe for achieving a commercial result. Each business process has inputs, method and outputs. The inputs are a pre-requisite that must be in place before the method can be put into practice. When the method is applied to the inputs then certain outputs will be created. A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish. ... This article is about the business concept; Commerce is also the name of several places in the United States. ... Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. ...

A business process is a collection of related structural activities that produce a specific outcome for a particular customer.

A business process can be part of a larger, encompassing process and can include other business processes that have to be included in its method.

The business process can be thought of as a cookbook for running a business; "Answer the phone", "place an order", "produce and invoice" might all be examples of a Business Process. A cookbook contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. ... Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. ...

See also

• List of process management topics
• process improvement
• Human Resource Management Systems

What is the origin of this definition? Please put a reference to this list in every process management entry you find. ... Process improvement is the activity of elevating the performance of a process, especially that of a business process with regard to its goal. ... Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), or also called HR modules, shape an intersection in between human resource management and information technology. ...